Lovetocruise2002

^^^^This! is exactly why I love cruising so much. It's about the only vacation that I can truly unwind and step back. Saddens me even more that there is no start date in sight. I tried to explain to my family the other night that for me, it's not just a lost vacation. Cruising represents something far greater for me.

You get some entertainment tours (Meet the Cast, ship dependent) and the bridge tour included. IMO, it is pointless to try to quantify and justify star vs. sky. If you can do it, and it's not much of a jump, then do it. As @WAAAYTOOO always says, you can crunch all sorts of numbers, but the value of the Genie is hard to measure.

@fgarvin see this thread: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/10443-fare-reduction-for-phantom-cabin/&tab=comments#comment-98112

Nope. If a cabin is sold out the the other cabin categories around it drop, more than likely, yours dropped too. I have gotten many price adjustments over the years this way. You just have to track it.

One thing to note is that no one at this point knows exactly how the JS on Odyssey will be laid out. Will it have the half bath like quantum class? Nobody knows yet... Photos on cruise deck plans show that it will follow suit, but like all things Royal, I would not believe it until I see it. 😉

Oasis class Junior suites only have one bathroom. I am not a fan of Quamtum class ships, as many of you know, but one good thing about them is that the JS on them have the split bath which no other JS (in the fleet) do.

Working on it, now that we are in indefinite dry dock. 😉

@JLMoran you did it again! You totally hijacked this thread! LOL!

We are big believers in taking some with the kids and having vacations on our own as well.

The whole point is not to bring them! 😜

Can’t do the long ones because we would be leaving our kids at home and they are in school. 😕 So it’s short sailing or nothing.

I booked it a while back as a back up for Odyssey and it is my birthday week. The price was really good when I grabbed it. Hubby is on the fence if we should go though just for 4 nights.

Umm...have you seen all his blogs? He's a bot. 😄

I'm booked on that sailing too at the moment. Not sure if we will keep it though. Hubby doesn't really want to. 😕

Any RC Solarium without kids is a great one! 😜 For me, it's a close tie between the Quantum class and Oasis class ones.